 Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and...  The Sentence and Word Book: A Guide to Writing, Spelling, and Composition by ... - Page 148de James Johonnot - 1885 - 184 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Frances Asa Charles - 1893 - 108 pages
...her brats, solemnly. CHAPTER VII "Oh, but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone, Scrooge! — Hard and sharp as flint from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire." " A storm swept over the land ; And a mighty tower went down : But a nest the size of a bahy's hand... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1894 - 712 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! — a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and spoke out shrewdly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1894 - 486 pages
...tighf>fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from...within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed noise, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait ; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1895 - 308 pages
...grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no sleel had •ever struck out generous fire ; secret and...self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within Wm froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his... | |
 | 1898 - 348 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint from...solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his little features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1899 - 454 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait ; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out shrewdly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1899 - 140 pages
...grindstone, Sprooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping. scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner. CHard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck...secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. 1 The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened... | |
 | 1899 - 250 pages
...both names. It was all the same to him. Oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! Hard and sharp as flint from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire. The cold within him froze his little features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1875 - 292 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, Wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait ; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out shrewdly... | |
 | Charles Raymond Barrett - 1900 - 264 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out shrewdly... | |
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